The secret of spin sheathing taught by an industry professional

[@ronin4711]

I’ll try to learn this in my next life when I come back as a samurai…

[@Kogasengaha_Hishoshi]

Its actually not that hard if u were to pick it up today. Just get a large stick for beginning lol. The only sheath you'd need is ur fingers to create a opening like a sheath and then practicing the movement over and over again. Then once u get a chance to get a wooden katana (preferably a katana cuz of course it wouldn't work on European double edged blades lol) train for 2 hrs doing the same BASIC movement over and over like shown in the first part of the video. Once u know how to spin a blade, then only can u try to sheath by spinning.

[@bigalcardenas]

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

[@wasdfayiz]

Notification : Truck kun is waiting for you in the next alley!

[@yiotatornadortheodoropoulo8706]

You dont come back boy...one way it is..to heaven or hell..stop being lazy

[@pinkkorone7978]

The Shogunate has been abolished years ago

[@Samurai-sv2wz]

I've attempted doing the spin sheathing exercise before, but, after a while I stopped. This video has encouraged me try it again.

[@Kogasengaha_Hishoshi]

Its good exercise anyways lol. Muscle memory training mostly.

[@paulskinback717]

go for it and upload

[@B_bang22]

Im not a practitioner but I am able to do it lol. Ive always been good with spinning stuff with my hands and even will do it with knifes when im doing dishes and have been doing it for years. My friend was surprised that I copied him after watching him do a spin sheath

[@gustavoadolfovasquezperdom1208]

@@B_bang22 you're gifted... 👍🏼

[@B_bang22]

@@gustavoadolfovasquezperdom1208 I wouldn't say that lol, but like I said I was already doing a similar motion with knives so it just took putting more strength into it lol

[@Densoro]

I was completely ready to believe you were that nimble with a steel blade lol I love how you break down the context and purpose of these techniques!

[@rigoren1277]

Alloy.

[@NumPad]

I literally taught myself this move more than a decade ago after watching Vergil in DMC3. I'm glad the technique I ended up at is in fact the proper technique! My boneheaded self used an actual (non-sharpened) metal blade though, so I had to strengthen my fingers, wrist, and forearm before I could reliably spin the sword. I dropped it and/or hit myself with it so many times, but I eventually got it!

[@MaxPowers2.0]

I taught myself this after watching Zatoichi: Blind Samurai. It actually makes sheathing the sword a little easier than the standard way imo

[@iamthechadthatisapproachin1559]

Vergil is the reason why I like katanas

[@danielcooke3732]

U think that's dumb! I taught myself the Amak kyu Ryu no hiri meki 10 years ago after seeing it on Rorouni Kenshin! With a blunt metal blade

[@satriyanto6741]

that's what I'm curious about. what if about the real sword, with weight more than a toy sword. and isn't dangerous to have a weak grip like that?! if someone hit you while performing that as I believe a part of advance application for this is for defend and a quick slash, does it still has the strength grip to held the sword for that momentum? for example, if enemy hit you while doing it, and you defend with that kind of grip, isn't it dangerous to held the heavy sword like that?! it will only reasonable if some one have a super strength grip with their finger, far stronger than enemy. Or else, it will only turn into playing trick that will cost your own life.

[@KaptainCanuck]

This is just a modern methodology to try and impress the ignorant or uninformed.

[@alexscott730]

I'm 100% positive at least 70 twits injured themselves using a live blade instead of a dummy blade trying this.

[@dureteheiral1793]

And probably lost their left thumb in addition to other limbs..

[@thebrigs3035]

Still doable with a proper weighted katana, I have tried my self, a bit hard on the fingers but not impossible.

[@firstdondiego]

I did injure myself doing this but when I 1st learned this move from a video tutorial the person just said katana, they didn't specified it was for a light weight sword. I did eventually become very profiecient doing it with a regular metal katana.

[@TheInfantry98]

Lmfao I’ve always trained with a real katana

[@MaxPowers2.0]

I taught myself this move on a sharpened metal katana. Same one I used while teaching myself iaido and chopping fruit

[@Kdash66]

Tried this once at my dojo putzing around before the class started at a muso shinden ryu school and my sensei gave me the death glare of disapproval. Feels bad man.

[@yiotatornadortheodoropoulo8706]

Oh he got jealous or you cut the curtains accidentally😨???

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

@@yiotatornadortheodoropoulo8706 probably one of the cases of disrespecting traditions as some teachers were just strict

[@kiracomfortinghishomie8351]

Although i don't train iaido myself (would love to), I've heard that in some places fooling around and trying flashy stuff is seen as a disrespect to the katana you're using, so maybe that'd the case

[@santyclause8034]

Remember to count all your fingers and thumb after.

[@phosphorusmusick]

@@kiracomfortinghishomie8351 It is also used as a means to sever the spiritual/energetic chord to your opponent after you finished them. A flashy Shiburi signals that you disrespect your opponent for being disrespectful to you and is something like a violent cutting of the energetic chord. A simple and calm Shiburi signals that your opponent fought and died in an honourful manner. That's what my teacher taught me during Iaido training.

[@jannmikoingelrabagogamingc6012]

Now, with this technique, I am finally filled with POWER and MOTIVATION!

[@vaziscoolz]

I checked out other tutorials. none of them worked, although after watching your tutorial, i easily advanced from the beginner-sheathing to spin-sheating in 15 minutes. thank you.

[@brianscott5153]

Great breakdown. I do this with a blade sharpener to practice. My adhd made me start with spinning pencils and pens in class as a young adult to get the muscle memory. From there the weight just changes and the danger. I have a lot of respect for this man. When done in a fluid motion it's like watching a tsunami crash.

[@TheBladepolisher]

Boy, you just can't get get cooler than Ace. Super friendly and non-assuming type of soul, and yet, when he suits up, he's all business ! ! Great site Ace ! !

[@phosphorusmusick]

A Shiburi is also used as a means to sever the spiritual/energetic chord to your opponent after you finished them. A flashy Shiburi signals that you disrespect your opponent for being disrespectful to you and is something like a violent cutting of the energetic chord. A simple and calm Shiburi signals that your opponent fought and died in an honourful manner. That's what my teacher taught me during Iaido training. The move in this tutorial looks effin cool, though, and we learned this in training, too!

[@Aleebi]

do you mean chiburi? :O but ye

[@phosphorusmusick]

Yes, Chiburi, the spelling seems to differ between languages@@Aleebi

[@Aleebi]

@@phosphorusmusick Understood, just wanted to make sure haha.

[@georgewang4963]

Thank God for explaining in detail for the technique and material of the sword toward the end of the video. I was getting discouraged because I can't afford to loose anymore fingers until I knew I could have practiced with a bamboo sword!

[@michalviktorin6758]

667th comments here. I played with knives too much since kindergarden and I am way to used to nunchaku tricks. This is so easy. So easy I could do it right away with both hands.

[@MayumiC-chan9377]

my husband,father-in-law and my father love old school Chambara films! Wakayama Tomisaburo and Shintaro Katsu play in our house on sundays when me and my friends go out. I am glad my husband can enjoy himself on his days off. I started to watch these videos because my husband loves to watch your channel.

[@cringeyidiotterry]

Damn, you taught so well that I learned it REALLY fast, man! Thanks! Notice: I don't even own a Katana. I do this in my backyard on the rulers, broken hockey stick with its puck hitting surface, and baseball bat I have at home, and am planning to get a Chinese Jian sword as opposed to a Japanese Katana sword, and yet it still works with rulers, broken hockey sticks without their puck hitting surfaces, and baseball bats.

[@atomiccosnprops]

Thank you for this tutorial. The spin looks so awesome and elegant. The wooden sword fooled me totally :)

[@ronkay8370]

Lone wolf and cub. Itto Ogami puts his sword away using the spin. I had a hard time learning how to do this until I came across your video. Great demonstration! Ush!

[@80Jay71]

Very impressive! And I really appreciate the backstory at the end. I can turn my katana but I think I use the whole hand when doing it. (Strange how difficult it is to analyze something that is done with pure muscle-memory) :)

[@worldsedge4991]

Essentially, this is my experience as well.

[@RobertJanik-m1x]

Thanks for the hint on wooden katana. I was so stupid learning everything with metal one and sharp. I haven’t actually run into wooden katana when browsing sites offering katanas. I was also fooled by that aluminum foil, that may have been covering katanas in those youtube videos, so I always saw metal looking katana. Of course I started very slowly and then I was accelerating exercises, but it’s really stupid and could have cut myself or worse, lose a finger.

[@t0mmygun95]

Huh, so I've been doing this right the entire time?! I have a custom aluminum dull katana with a plastic scabbard that I made to practice with. No one taught me how to spin sheath, so for the longest time, I just instinctively spun it like the way Aoshima demonstrated. I just never thought that it was the actual way to do it. Either way, cool tutorial and definitely a fun trick to learn and do.

[@Dewpk041]

Well, as you probably know, there's an old saying that goes: "History repeats itself". It's entirely possible that you re-invented the technique for yourself. If you think about martial-arts techniques, you're bound to get that feeling, like "Someone was smart enough to come up with this." They weren't just smart, but had good instincts and practice.

[@manjitahzan9577]

I've know this technique, but you have helped me to refine it. Thank you!

[@andredfreitas6909]

That is such a beautiful and elegant movement!!👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏 People should post more interesting videos like this on KZbin!!

[@EeveeWoot]

Thanks for the tutorial! Everything is so much easier once you break it down.

[@cbrnt4157]

Aoshima, thank you! Your movements awesome. Tried it out and it works great. I going to practicing and show it to my friends)

[@slothworks7032]

I lost most of my limbs attempting this but I think I'm getting the hang of it

[@laplelp7780]

shit happens

[@seki7573]

Learned the basic within 5 minutes im so proud of myself

[@jenny-DD]

Hope you didn't cut off any important parts in the process 🍆

[@badrequest5596]

cool stuff and surprisingly easier than it looks. tried it with a bokuto a few times and wasn't too difficult to get the hang of it. now just takes practice to perfect it. very enlightening video

[@worldsedge4991]

I've been practicing this for a couple months with steel blade. I appreciate your thorough breakdown of hand positions.

[@Profile__1]

Your voice change from intro to actual dojo area is striking.

[@amirdujak5274]

It's incredible how easy it is when you see the explanation for a second time.

[@RandomGuy-qn2fr]

I've done this with my T10 katana it takes a lot of strength to do this right along with keeping the momentum going, but since my hands are medium small size I had to modify the finger movement slightly sometimes even a millimeter or lower toss in the air to perfect this move. But it can be done with a regular katana

[@clawofthefallen]

This brings me back to when I used to do Cosplay. I was prepping to do Mitsurugi and was practicing his routine from Soul Calibur 3. He often did the spin and thankfully I had some practice doing some spinning tricks with poles and sticks, but the trick for me was to make pressure on the index and middlefinger to compensate the weight of the blade so I wouldn't lose grip. It's easier with poles or sticks since you can have them even out their balance and your wrist is making minimal effort to control the spin, but not only it's tricky with a sword since all the weight is on one end, it's trickier with a katana due to the curved blade.

[@vijaka7661]

WHO COME HERE BECAUSE OF VERGIL????

[@julianbautista9663]

hahahhaa dafuq man

[@themoongateofficial]

Ghost of Tsushima

[@Daigankun_holyspiritual]

me

[@Souhardya__Das]

Who Vergil?

[@Official_K.Hempel]

@@themoongateofficialI named my katana “Sakai’s legacy”

[@rickschrager]

Thanks! Though I will say that I didn't watch your video to the end where you confess to using a fake katana. I followed your steps and practiced until I could spin sheath without thinking about it using my real katana. I tore up the skin between my fingers in the process! But, I appreciate the instructions. There are a lot of spinning videos out there but your method is exactly what I was looking for. It's the same that Ogami Itto uses in the Lone Wolf and Cub movies. Thanks to you now I can do it too!

[@vullrath]

really cool. wish there was more movies and anime - samurai were awesome warriors.. honorable

[@coryschlichting3517]

My dude! This was an AWESOME video! Thank you for sharing this with us! I love the samurai and anything I can learn about them and their ways, I'm all ears. You sir, have another subscriber!

[@Anail_Mhin]

I appreciate the form, the art and the effort behind that culture of japanese spwrdfighting. This is me speaking as a martial artist of 15 years. But the german in my reaches to his longsword internaly.

[@EliminateSir]

THANKS to you I be able to do it! I did it with 1.04kg carbon steel katana!!

[@ironcrosstrainingltd6482]

Such a refreshing channel brings back a lot of memories. Subbed

[@kyoutheskeletonking3045]

Great tutorial but chiburi actually isn't to remove blood from your blade if you preform chiburi with blood on your blade a lot of it will remain. The actual use of chiburi it's to check the Mekugi is broken or not (for those that don't know the Mekugi is the bamboo pin that keeps your blade attached to your handle)

[@SomeoneNr9]

first of all, i don't think you need to explain what a japanese word means to a literal japanese guy. Second, 'chiburi' or 'chiburui' actually quite literally translates to 'shaking off blood'. So while you are correct with the statement that this doesn't completely remove blood from your blade and you still need to wipe it, you are still just being a smartass for the sake of being a smartass. Which is to say, you're being annoying.

[@samuraidog]

@@SomeoneNr9 someone took it personally

[@phosphorusmusick]

It is also used as a means to sever the spiritual/energetic chord to your opponent after you finished them. A flashy Shiburi signals that you disrespect your opponent for being disrespectful to you and is something like a violent cutting of the energetic chord. A simple and calm Shiburi signals that your opponent fought in an honourful manner. That's what my teacher taught me during Iaido training.

[@ikari6399]

1:13 oKAY THAT WAS SICK!

[@chorn83]

I like how he uses his Batman voice when handle his sword.

[@danielcooke3732]

I think that's his normal voice

[@Duke-Nukem0069]

With respect am using a razor sharp Damascus steel blade folded 1,000 times. I already have the technique of the spin and sheathing I would just like to achieve your speed. I learned the spin at 10 years old just recently learned the quick draw and sheathing without looking by cupping your fingers. Mostly because they didn’t have videos teaching Japanese sword techniques for 20 years and couldn’t afford classes to learn said techniques. Appreciate the videos by the way

[@toddb930]

Thank You for explaining this. Especially the use of a wooden blade for practice and show.

[@IbarakiPlays]

Thank you for more reference for my Samurai DND character -

[@Tingmudjin]

You are the best teacher ever

[@BryanCrowson]

Ace, your video inspired me to buy a training katana to try to learn this. Thank you, and I hope you create more videos soon!

[@nibble]

Very cool, I've always wondered if there was any other reason for this flashy sheathing thanks for sharing and educating!

[@frlo7688]

I really liked the video, and it is very nice of you to share with us relevent informations concerning the Takemitsu and the move you showed us how to do, this was an interesting watch, thanks for the tutorial .

[@butwhy84]

Vergil learned from KZbin videos💀💀💀

[@curseofremains1905]

This has been really fascinating and informative since I recently bought some wooden katanas and wanted to know some different tips and tricks for using them. I hope to be able to use information like this to perform theatrically for friends and family, to entertain. Plus, then I would actually be able to show off a little if I end up cosplaying rather than just having my swords hang by my side for show lol Thank you for teaching this, it’s been fun to practice!

[@bonfire1021]

I came to learn how to sheath like Vergil. I leave satisfied. Edit: Now after 8 months, this has become a part of my muscle memory. A motivated way to sheathe a sword

[@Comicsluvr]

Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. This is well demonstrated here.

[@veronicaalessandrello1022]

I like your teaching and techniques. This is so cool. Never too late! 🤩🙏

[@sethlifelong4250]

Nìce video man. Thanks for the explanation in the end. You are a good man n martial artist for being truthful. Keep it up.

[@jereaso]

...so that's how Takeru Sato do his spin sheathing after the fight in Kyoto (Ruroni Kenshin 2 Kyoto Inferno), amazing sword skills 👏👏👏

[@MajesticBlueFalcon]

second video so far, instantly subscribed. Good work!

[@vesseleightyseven]

😂 i was wondering about ur hand strength! Awesome move bro!

[@kevstvph7817]

thanks for teaching those steps,now im fighting for my life.

[@nuangel]

Love your videos and clear explanations/ breakdown of the steps, Thanks !! please keep them coming.

[@צברארם]

Thank you. Wonderfully executed, wonderfully explained

[@turtlenuggs5677]

Adding an obi-ani spin beforehand looks and feels super cool.

[@derviche6669A]

Estimado amigo le envío saludos desde Lima Perú!! Me suscribo y tú canal y te agradezco el tiempos y la excelente explicación. Admiro a Japón y sobre todo la filosofía, la disciplina y el magistral manejo de la espada que implica seguir el camino del Samurai. Mis respetos y saludos!!

[@MxThrIl]

THis was very easy to learn thanks for thetutorial

[@Hungrybird474]

Good morning ! Well done . Thanks for sharing .

[@sakurasepuku4374]

Thank you so much for this very well explained video, sometimes it happens so fast that is difficult to understand but this breaking down of the technique is beautiful.

[@fredEVOIX]

will never do that but after watching all zatoichi, the samurai trilogy and Ogami Itto movies it was really cool to see it explained thanks for sharing oops forgot lady snowblood she deserves to be mentioned too and now I want to listen to Meiko Kaji - Shura no hana

[@pizzaman5169]

There is one thing about most movies with swords that I find amusing. That is the "shing" kind of sound that always accompanies the drawing of a sword in movies. It's even put with the smaller Tanto. I have yet to be able to make that sound upon unsheathing any of my swords. That's just like the "whop" sound they add to punches & kicks. I've never heard that from any practitioner of any martial arts. If you listen very hard, you can sometimes hear a quiet swish from someone's Gi when they perform a Kata!

[@stinkyfungus]

Blades with a Bo-hi do tend to make an audible whiffing sound through the air when making a correctly aligned and fast cut.

[@pizzaman5169]

@@stinkyfungus That's not the same as the sound effect they use. I have a 1/2" by 4' bamboo teacher's stick. It comes closest to that sound. However, in most all martial arts movies, it's way over used. I mean, I don't believe that any simple hand or arm/leg movement could ever make the sound, but they do in those movies. hahahaha

[@ChrisXswe]

Thank you for this tutorial, was super helpful and looks pretty neat, I will practice this one even more!

[@BlaxkDainn6421]

I've been trying this for a while with my metal katana, and my thumb knuckle's pretty scraped... Should've seen the video till' the end for your explanation about the takemitsu. Pretty good video, loved it.

[@tomfarrell9221]

I’ve been training with a sharp katana for two days now and your Chanel has helped a lot. I have a wooden katana but I never thought of training with it because I didn’t want to break it and now you’ve said that at the end of the Vidio I’ve desided to Cary on using the metal one.😂

[@shaundevante4977]

Brother I am one of them but I loved samurai swords from very very young.bless

[@shaundevante4977]

Thank you for your reply I did not think I would get a reply but thank you anyways really do love samurai swords and teachings bless.

[@mojojojoguzman3332]

Wonderful, sensei.

[@alexeireyes3683]

Thank you very much for posting this. I've always wondered how it was done. I use tachi swords and I'll practice this with them. Of course, I'll start with my iaito because I don't want any accidents. All the best to you and your endeavors!

[@JackStm123]

beautiful this rotation sheath movement

[@TheVFXbyArt]

Fantastic demonstration!!!

[@shaq1]

This is a forgotten art, nowadays the gun is mightier than the sword, the minute you are trying to work the spinning of an index finger pew pew “you shot me” Im obviously jealous, I enjoyed the video and will be practicing when my kids are out of sight.

[@danielhopkins296]

You are an excellent teacher bhante 🙏 thnxs

[@GunsandGrubb]

Let me also express my deep appreciation. For the way you've explained all of this. As one commentor said, i was read to believe this was an authentic Katakana. Not a wooden one. Thank you🙏🏾

[@troy3462]

Awesome spin! Tried it using a bokuto with tsuba. Too heavy. My forefinger hurts from the spin but will keep practicing.

[@mirko5989]

does it still hurt?

[@kodyfarley3150]

Your shake off the blood swing lol they did that to shake off the blood yes but mainly it was done after each fight to make sure the blade and Tsuka was still intact and not broken. That’s what I was told anyways lol your videos are awesome bro KEEP EM COMING PLEASE

[@NalaKuki]

This is so cool. Thanks for explaining that move!

[@cloudattack3279]

Thanks for the lesson, much appreciated 👍

[@riz3688]

Wow watching you draw and sheath is really something

[@WilliamShinal]

I had a wooden rapier on me, the one I'd use for SCA sparring, but like you said, it's possible with a rapier.

[@kyosukeplays]

I've played with all sorts of weapons growing up. I did this with my tennis racket not to be flashy but it was a habit to loosen up my muscles from swinging around the Wilson Pro Staff 85. Saw the video up to the spin sheathe, tried it with my katana, then proceeded to watch the content. I'm not good enough to put sheathe the katana without the use of my eyes but it would seem much more impressive if I could.

[@MirandaLovesPathology]

So awesome!!! Can't wait for the next one! :D

[@waaliwakki]

Very educational Sensei Osu!

[@Floki_the_Boatbuilder]

Its 3 am and I dont even own a sword nor am I planning to own one and yet I still watched the entire Video and enjoyed it

[@TradeSmart74]

That was really awesome. Thanks a lot for sharing this.

[@TacFitMD]

Thank you! Very good technique breakdown and that explanation at the end, makes it even better! Fan now, suscribed too. Don´t know how come I didn´t find your channel before.

[@NBerryGD]

I’ve been spinning sticks like this as a kid and I never knew until today I was doing some special sheathing trick

[@barcigian]

This is incredibly natural after practice! 😱

[@b.chuchlucious5471]

Very nice, Tomisaburo Wakayama would be proud.

[@elzosarchi9106]

A 30 anos curto o arte Samurai.....pena no Brasil ter muito poucos academias.....parabéns pela sua iniciativa.

[@CrimsonRaven51]

Excellent! Gotta practice this. Thank you.

[@danielcooke3732]

Just buy a freakin gun

[@ZEN_4121]

thanks bro...this is spin is very fire🔥🔥

[@solaraura512]

great video really informative and easy to follow through

[@yaochenliao7869]

Amazing, really. Thank you so much.

[@JayKay-wi2wc]

My favourite variation on this is Tomisaburō Wakayama as Ogami Ito with his kneeling draw, attack and spin-sheath in the first Lone Wolf and Cub movie.